Blogging on your Mobile Phone

May 11, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Blogging Cell Phone
Mobile phones are getting tons of new features. Nokia is company who create phones with some blogging software in. The next in line is Google working with Sony Ericsson. They have created software which is compatible with Blogger allowing you to blog from your mobile phone. As well as being able to input text they also integrate the blogging software with the camera on your phone allowing you to snap a picture and send it to your blog. This is ideal for those out on the road who want to take their blogging with them.

The service will be shipping on the K800 and K790 as well as the K610 UMTS phone. Video after the jump.

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The Indigo Lantern – Its Self Sufficient

May 11, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Indilo Lantern
The Indigo Lantern is a very reliable lamp which uses ultra bright LEDs to give out its light. Also there is a second LED which allows it to work as a reading light. What makes this lantern stand out is that it doesnt run on batteries. To get the LEDs to shine you wind it up. About 60 seconds of winding will give you 2 hours of night light and about 5 minutes on the maximum brightness. However, fully charged you can have 70 hours of nightlight and 2.5 hours on maximum. These are not the only options as you can also adjust the brightness and wind speed which allows for a dimmer light which can last longer.

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Unique Skype Phone in a Mouse

May 11, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Mouse Skype Phone
Skype has become very popular over the few years that it has been running. It has opened up a whole new level of communications and a whole new area for businesses to work in. The latest Skype gadget to hit the market is the Mouse Skype Phone. By combining the mouse with Skype you get to use the mouse as a mouse when needed, but can then pick up the mouse, flip it open and receive or make a call.

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iPod to have Touch Surface on back

May 10, 2007 by Leave a Comment

iPod Touch Screen
I have seen quite a few Apple patents over the last several months since gadget venue was launched. The latest patent that has been found is for a touch surface on the back of the iPod which allows you to control what is on the front of the screen by touching the back of the device. It isnt all guess work though as when you touch the back of the iPod, some controls show up on the screen so you can see what you are doing. The surface is going to be touch sensative which means that if you slide your finger across the back, it will slide the cursor on the front, and if you press harder it will make a click.

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Digio USB Flash Drive

May 10, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Digio
Some great ideas for flash drives have been showing up over the last couple of years. We only just posted about the Pocket XP flash drive which allowed you to keep a backup of your OS should you need to do an urgent install when on the road. The Digio is another example of a great idea. This time the flash drive includes SD and MicroSD slots so you can transfer data to and from your SD cards via the flash drive. Its a simple idea which could be handy for those situations where you need to quickly backup data from your camera or mobile phone.

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MS Windows XP in your Pocket

May 10, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Pocket XP
The USB flash drive has become more useful over the years with devices such as the VPhone from Vonage allowing you to carry around a land line which can be loaded up on any computer with internet access. With the rise of memory storage capacity also come other uses such as this Windows backup OS on a flash drive.

Put your self in this situation. You are out on business and you load up some software containing a virus which destroys part of your Windows XP OS. Being out of the road and having no access to the internet on another PC would make it very hard to fix this issue. Having a bootable flash drive running Windows XP would solve this problem for you. Using Bart PE Builder you can create a very handy flash drive with OS and plenty of utilities which could save your laptop a lot quicker then sending it back to the IT dept to fix.

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Eye-Tracking Device watching your moves

May 10, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Minority Report
This next item reminds me of the minority report where your eye gets scanned and the store knows who you are, what you like and displays ads to suit. The eyebox2 was created by a Canadian professor who developed a system to count how many people looked at his ads. It uses infra red and recognises the familiar red-eye effect found in photos. By emitting infrared the system can track what you are looking at while walking around a store and exactly what shelf you looked at or what screens you looked at. It can scan from up to 10 meters away and about 2 – 3 meters horizontally too.

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Sinar Hy6 Digital Medium-Format Camera

May 9, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Sinar Hy6
Sinar have launched a new digital camera named the Hy6. The Hy6 allows you to take both digital and convential film shots. An interesting feature of this camera is the ability to be able to change the image sensor for a larger and higher resolution sensor of sizes up to 56x56mm. The camera has the ability to be controlled remotly by computer by using Sinars CaptureShop software.

This camera might be a tad out of the average persons price range as it will set you back $32500.

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New UMPC From Korea – Tango Wings

May 9, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Tango Wings
The latest UMPC coming from Korea is the Tango Wings. This UMPC has GPS built in as well as a full keyboard. A webcam is also included and it runs the latest OS from MS named Vista. I have no clue what its called Tango Wings, but do not let the name put you off. This UMPC actually looks quite nice from the picture abobe. It features a 6.5 inch WVGA screen and a 30GB hard disk which is just 1.8 inches in size. Network connectivity is provided by wireless running at 802.11 b/g standards or via a standard RJ45 ethernet port. When running Windows Vista you need to have a decent amount of RAM and the good news is that Tango Wings doesnt lack here either. It has 768MB built in.

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Creative X-Fi Soundcard

May 9, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Creative X-Fi Soundcard
Creative have created some great soundcards in the past, and this latest called the X-Fi Xtreme is no different. The card plugs in to the ExpressCard slot and allows you to use their Crystallizer and 3CMSS-3D technology. The unit is set to cost $106 and features a 7.1 channel speaker docking module. Making use of the ExpressCard slot is a good use as it does allow simple installation on a laptop which can be removed when not needed. Unfortunatly no tiny speakers exist yet in a 7.1 form for you to cart around with your laptop.

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Use your Laptop as a Tablet PC

May 9, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Tablet PC Conversion
If you dont have the money to buy a tablet PC but want to be able to use those features then this laptop to tablet PC conversion kit might be for you. The device works by attaching it to your laptop screen and then it senses pen movement on the surface of the screen up to a screen size of 14.3 inches. Software is included which allows you to use natural ink input so that emails can be hand written and other applications can be used. I am not fully convinced with this as a tablet PC though as the tablet PCs feature a twist and flip screen which hides the keyboard behind the screen allowing you to hold it in your arm. The only way to do this with a regular laptop would be to keep the screen and keyboard opened as normal. But, I do admit that it does have its uses for those wanting pen based input on their laptop.

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Nintendo Gameboy XP PC

May 9, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Nintendo Gameboy XP PC
If you think back a good 15 years you will remember the Nintendo Gameboy hitting the shelves. Like me, you had to get your hands on this cool handheld gaming device. Before the Gameboy was launched I was used to game and watch LCD type games. Having the ability to play different games was something that amazed me. I seem to remember the gameboy cost 69.99 pounds with Tetris although ours was free as my sister won it in a packet of crisps.

Anyway, I came across this Gameboy today which has been hacked apart and fitted with a fully fledged PC inside its case. It has a VGA port, 2 USB ports and runs from a 4GB compact flash card which can boot in to Windows XP. No screen is included, but we assume that you use the USB ports for connecting a mouse and keyboard. More pictures after the jump.

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